Polycarbonate Tunnel Greenhouse Build - Timelapse & Tips

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We bought an 8m X 3m polycarbonate tunnel greenhouse to grow more stuff this year. This is a (mostly) timelapse video of us building it with some tips of what we learnt along the way which should be helpful to those looking to buy and build one themselves.
If you want to see how we modified it to hang the strings for growing tomatoes then see this instagram post / byf9mlcg0xi
Our instagram chanel can be found here: / baltichomesteaders
Music by Quincas Moreira this track is called Cumulus Nimbus Their channel can be found here / @quincasmoreira
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@BalticHomesteaders Год назад

If you like this video then why not look at my new video explaining why greenhouses are broken! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-40303Bt_4R0.html

@LeneLarsenNorway 4 года назад

Great video. :) HAve you looked into no-dig and permacultue? Layering with cardboard, compost and dirt? Saves you some hard work and gives just as good, if not better soil. :)

@BalticHomesteaders 4 года назад

Hi, thanks. Yes we have and do practice this (see our other videos). It's just when this arrived we had only been here 6 months and didn't have any compost, couldn't get any delivered in bulk and had 50 tom plants desperate for a new home. Coincidentally I've just uploaded a new video on compost and you can see how it's now used in the greenhouse year 2 :)

@LeneLarsenNorway 4 года назад

Baltic Homesteaders awesome. And thank you for sharing.

@AndyTravels 7 месяцев назад

Hey - Did you not use the metal banding for the outside of the plastic to make it more secure when putting the screws in? I got that when I purchased mine.

@BalticHomesteaders 7 месяцев назад

Didn’t have any of that must be a new addition, sounds a good upgrade!

@reptiloidx8942 Год назад

Nothing new here as expected . Lovely tunnel . Im buyng one .

@paulmaxwell8851 7 месяцев назад

As you noted in your video, twinwall polycarbonate should always run vertically, because condensation must be allowed to run out the bottom. If it can't, because you ran the channels horizontally, you'll eventually see mold growth that is pretty much impossible to remove. Otherwise, great video! I want to replace the 6 mil poly on our tunnel with polycarbonate one day.

@BalticHomesteaders 7 месяцев назад

Thanks. Only on one end the panel was horizontal, as it happens nearly 5 years later it hasn’t made any difference.

@ievaolehno4971 5 лет назад

Could you please make a video of veg and fruit preservation for winter. Thank you.

@BalticHomesteaders 5 лет назад

I have footage of pickling gherkins, will be our next video after the tour which is uploading now.

@insanesoninlaw 5 лет назад

Great quick video with important tips. New subscriber here and Im liking it already

@BalticHomesteaders 5 лет назад

Thank you.

@truth3358 2 месяца назад

and ireland and poland then tunnels

@erosmichieli8865 7 месяцев назад

Can you share the site you bought the green house

@BalticHomesteaders 7 месяцев назад

I can't remember but there's lots of websites here in Latvia selling identical ones such as siltumnica.lv/ if you google Polikarbonāta siltumnīcas you'll get lots, all a similar price.

@ievaolehno4971 5 лет назад

Thank you for another video!

@Flippin_Crazy Год назад

Where do y’all live? ❤️🇺🇸

@BalticHomesteaders Год назад

We’re in Latvia.

@frankiegames1153 6 месяцев назад

Do you have an email for buying one

@BalticHomesteaders 6 месяцев назад

Where are you based? There’s several companies selling them here in Latvia?

@MZolo-tw5xf 3 года назад

Hey, how the metal parts doing? Does it have any corrosion after 2 years?

@BalticHomesteaders 3 года назад

Galvanised, still good.

@MZolo-tw5xf 3 года назад

@@BalticHomesteaders Good to hear!

@tammyhoman9550 5 лет назад

just found your video loved it but I don't have Instagram can you please tell me where you got your greenhouse

@BalticHomesteaders 5 лет назад

Tammy Homan hi, we got it from a Latvian company, where we are. Are you based in Latvia or the Baltics? I think it comes from Belarus originally. I can get precise details if you still want them?

@callmeMsT 3 года назад

@@BalticHomesteaders I'm in Sweden and would like to know where you go it from.

@BalticHomesteaders 3 года назад

We ordered it off the internet. If you google ‘siltumnicas Polikarbonate’ you will find various Latvian suppliers. Not sure if any will ship to Sweden.

@callmeMsT 3 года назад

@@BalticHomesteaders super thank you!

@nickymarshall2819 5 лет назад

Fab video Gary & Gita - you’ve All been really busy. Feel exhausted just watching!

@EnglishCountryLife 3 года назад

Great video Gary. Would you buy this type of tunnel again now you've used it for a while?

@BalticHomesteaders 3 года назад

In principle yes but we bought it to quickly scale up our greenhouse capacity when we first arrived and I think now we have time I’d probably build a timber frame one covered in polythene to the spec that we needed.

@EnglishCountryLife 3 года назад

@@BalticHomesteaders Good info, thanks

@downscorpion9706 Год назад

How long did it take you to build altogether? Hoping to get a 8 metre by 4 metre next month. Thanks, great video.

@BalticHomesteaders Год назад

A leisurely 2 days with the ground works done beforehand. The time consuming but was translating the technical Russian instructions into a language we could understand :) There’s a video the spring tour next year where I showed how I improved it a bit and pinned it to the ground, worth noting/doing.

@sebastianradford9723 Год назад

Hi. We are putting up a polycarbonate polytunnel also on a sloped ground. How did you get it level with just using a string line ? Thanks, I hope you can help. I'm basically digging a trench and using a long level. It's quite tricky to get it level.

@BalticHomesteaders Год назад

Hi basically we didn’t get it level. The only real draw back of that was watering was difficult and I solved that by using drip tape and just 2 weeks ago I terraced the beds which you can see in last week’s video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TOukeewUO6A.html also I had to stake it down the next year as wind nearly made it take off and that’s worked well since, I think I showed that in the spring update the year after it was installed. Hope that helps.

@sebastianradford9723 Год назад

@Baltic Homesteaders Okay, great, thanks for the info. It's going pretty well with putting up our polytunnel. It's an ecoslider es3 premium - 18 m2.

@estherl8731 Год назад

This looks like a wonderful option! Do you know if it holds up to very strong winds?

@BalticHomesteaders Год назад

So far no, it just needs a wash and also I opted to stake it to the ground to better protect it from the wind and it’s been fine since.

@Mandy-cn5cl 4 года назад

That's cool did it fix to the frame with screws ?? How much did it cost & do you think it would stand up to 60mph winds ? We live on the coast & get battering winds often through the winter & other times too .Thanks

@BalticHomesteaders 4 года назад

Hi. Cost was 500 euros, yes it's got screws, they are ok but he washers could be better. Yes we did have some damage over winter and had to tie it down until just a couple of weeks ago. I can't say for sure if it was of the the way we put it together or the product itself. However we've now made modifications and feel it's much better. You can see what we've done in the spring tour video I published yesterday. Hope that helps but feel free to get in touch if you need to know more.

@srevazulu1066 4 года назад

hey where did you buy this greenhouse. i want one same one. please share link. thanks x

@BalticHomesteaders 4 года назад

Hi Preti. We got it here in Latvia and I know it was imported from Beleruis. Are you in in LV too or close by. I can find the website if you like but it would be in Latvian language.

@srevazulu1066 4 года назад

@@BalticHomesteaders Hey thanks. I'm in Chester, UK. I have seen other videos people saying they got it from Belarus. They seem to be popular.

@BalticHomesteaders 4 года назад

@@srevazulu1066 Maybe there's an opportunity to market them over in the UK :) You're right they are very hard to find. The only place I found them was on EBAY and strangely enough they are sold from Lithuania next to us www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Polycarbonate-Greenhouse-Tube-Polytunnel-Arch-Galvanised-Plastic-Large/223896632782 They do ship to UK. My advice if you do get one is upgrade the fixings that put the PC onto the frame to include big disc washers, it protects the PC better.

@paulaspden161 4 года назад

@@srevazulu1066 I got one last week from ebay, frame is up now and almost ready for putting on the sheeting. Delivered from Lithuania by a man in a van.